diff --git a/app/views/projects/labels/_form.html.haml b/app/views/projects/labels/_form.html.haml
index 72a01e1c271..c7380920b47 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/labels/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/labels/_form.html.haml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     .col-sm-10
       .input-group
         .input-group-addon.label-color-preview  
-        = f.text_field :color, placeholder: "#AA33EE", class: "form-control"
+        = f.color_field :color, placeholder: "#AA33EE", class: "form-control"
       .help-block
         6 character hex values starting with a # sign.
         %br